Labour paths, unemployment and citizenship: In the case of viña del Mar

Abstract

«Labour paths, unemployment and citizenship: in the case of Viña del Mar», presents some facets of the transition of the work market in its different levels, ideological and psycho-social targets, globally and locally. The authors explore from the angle regarding the changes in the work society, labor paths and new conditions of work in Chile to approach the particular situation of Viña del Mar, describing the main social and economical characteristics using an example of unemployed people of the city, in order to study their labour paths and their perception of employment and the citizenship. The final comments present a code of order regarding the phenomenon and explores around the psycho-social effects which are associated with the characteristics of unemployement experiences in the new neo-liberalistic times, which could be influenced by the historical-cultural mould of locality.